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World’s Park Rangers Murdered in Widespread ‘Bush War’
GLAND, Switzerland, July 31, 2014 (ENS) – A war is underway across the world’s forests, grasslands and mountains – a war that pits park rangers against poachers. If [...]
Month: July 2014
Gov/Politics
Green Party Cyclist Chairs Parliament’s Transport Committee
BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 31, 2014 (ENS) – Europe’s transportation future has a chance to grow greener now that the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and Tourism is chaired [...]
Gov/Politics
New Zealand Green Party Hopes to Save World’s Rarest Dolphin
WELLINGTON, New Zealand, July 30, 2014 (ENS) – Ahead of the 2014 New Zealand general election set for September 20, the Green Party today launched its plan to [...]
Air/Climate
California, Mexico to Collaborate on Climate, Firefighting
MEXICO CITY, Mexico, July 28, 2014 (ENS) – The governments of Mexico and California today agreed to work together to battle climate change and on joint fire emergency [...]
Business
Indore Becomes Demonstration City for Sustainable Mobility
INDORE, India, July 28, 2014 (ENS) – City of Indore officials Friday agreed to work with the World Business Council for Sustainable Development to implement sustainable mobility solutions [...]
Latest News
Kenya Airport Police Intercept Ivory Declared as Live Dogs
NAIROBI, Kenya, July 25, 2014 (ENS)- A consignment of contraband ivory was intercepted at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport today, although the smugglers tried to fool officials by [...]
Land Use/Forests
Global Action Plan to Protect Soil Resources Approved
ROME, Italy, July 25, 2014 (ENS) – A third of the world’s soils are degraded by erosion, nutrient depletion, acidification, urbanization, and chemical pollution, soil experts at a [...]
AmeriScan
AmeriScan: July 25, 2014
Oil Train Rule Cracks Down on Transport of Flammable Materials … Federal Agencies Cut Greenhouse Gases, Increase Renewables … EPA Does ‘Little’ to Curb Methane Emissions … Groups Will [...]
Latest News
‘Chinese Puzzle’ Molecule Offers Clue to Hydrogen Fueling
SINGAPORE, July 25, 2014 (ENS) – Australian and Taiwanese scientists have discovered a new molecule that may help resolve one of the barriers to development of hydrogen fuel [...]
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Western Inferno: Climate Change Worsening Wildfire Risk
WASHINGTON, DC, July 24, 2014 (ENS) – U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon is worried. “We’ve got 13 fires burning across Oregon, over 600,00 acres ablaze right now,” [...]
AmeriScan
AmeriScan: July 23, 2014
California Judge Halts Oil Wells Near Pinnacles National Park … THUMS Long Beach Fined for Greenhouse Gas Emissions … Maine City Blocks Tar Sands Pipeline Plan … Pennsylvania Governor [...]
Air/Climate
Europe’s ‘Dirty 30’ Power Plants Impair Climate Progress
BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 22, 2014 (ENS) – Carbon emissions from coal-burning power plants in the EU are undermining climate efforts, warns the latest “Europe’s Dirty 30” report, released [...]
Air/Climate
Dirty Businesses Spread Pollution in Afghan Province
By Hijratullah Ekhtyar
JALALABAD, Nangarhar, Afghanistan, July 21, 2014 (ENS) – To escape the stifling summer weather of Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, Abdurrahman and his family sleep on [...]
Business
Big Companies Sign Renewable Energy Buyers’ Principles
NEW YORK, New York, July 21, 2014 (ENS) – To increase their access to cost-competitive renewable energy, 12 large corporations have signed the Renewable Energy Buyers’ Principles to [...]
AmeriScan
AmeriScan: July 18, 2014
California Groundwater Sinks to Record Low … BNSF Agrees to One-Man Crews for Oil Trains … Giant Post-Combustion CO2 Capture Project Under Construction … Minnesota Power Agrees to Cut [...]
Land Use/Forests
EPA Blocks Giant Alaska Mine to Protect Bristol Bay Salmon
SEATTLE, Washington, July 18, 2014 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed regulations to protect one of the world’s most valuable salmon fisheries, in Bristol Bay, [...]
Air/Climate
Australia Repeals Price on Carbon, Climate Disaster Predicted
CANBERRA, Australia, July 17, 2014 (ENS) – Australia’s Senate has voted to repeal the price on emissions of the climate-warming gas carbon dioxide, a levy on the biggest polluters [...]
Latest News
British Government Fleets to Add Hundreds of Electric Cars
LONDON, UK, July 18, 2014 (ENS) – Over 150 plug-in vehicles will be added to British Government fleets in the first wave of a new plan to fund [...]
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Customs Agents Get Electronic Control Over Wildlife Trade
GENEVA, Switzerland, July 16, 2014 (ENS) – Customs authorities in countries across the globe will have a new e-permitting system to regulate the import and export of species [...]
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Monsoon Rains Force Evacuations in China, Philippines
CHANGSHA, Hunan, China, July 16, 2014 (ENS) – Torrential rains have inundated several Chinese provinces this week, claiming at least 11 lives and affecting over one million people, [...]